National 
update from our friends at Transportation for America:
Today’s news brings great hope that the leak in the Gulf of Mexico is finally capped. But our work is far from done.
We still haven’t addressed the root cause behind the spill – the fact that our transportation system consumes 70% of the oil we use, driving us to riskier measures to obtain more oil.
In response to this disaster, the Senate is quickly trying to move energy legislation before the upcoming August recess. This bill could be the beginning of the end of our oil dependency, or it could be yet another missed opportunity.Write to your senators today to tell them to support a climate and energy package that includes clean transportation options and reduces our dependency on dirty oil.
Exxon Valdez. Love Canal. Cuyahoga River. These are just a few examples of high-profile environmental disasters that resulted in the swift enactment of landmark environmental laws. We face a similar choice today.
It’s time to kick our addiction to oil and we simply can’t do it unless clean transportation is part of the solution.